Oh, hey all you evolutionists that think you have proof that your faith is the correct one, you should contact Dr. Kent Hovind at <a href="http://www.drdino.com" target="_blank">www.drdino.com</a> because he'll pay you $250,000 if you can give him just one shred of truth about your religion of evolution. Go for it ... since you surely sound convinced. Oh by the way, since there is not one shred of evidence proving evolution, that would make it a faith or a religion (since that is what you call Creationism). Therefore, it should not be taught in public schools because after all, doesn't that violate church-and-state rules we've fabricated into the Constitution of the United States?

P.S. Let me know when you get that $250,000. I will be the first to congratulate you.

Dear Dork,The problem with \"Dr.\" Hovind's $250.000 challenge is that Hovind has set up the judging criteria so that no one can succeed. If it were an honest offer \"Dr.\" Hovind would have lost long ago.

Hovind's offer wasn't legit anyway -- the reward was for proving a very specific distortion of evolutionary theory that no scientist actually uses. I'd be willing to bet Hovind knew that, so there's a very real possibility the whole thing was illusionary.

"because he'll pay you $250,000 if you can give him just one shred of truth about your religion of evolution."

He'll be lucky to walk out of prison with the clothes on his back. They're the only things he'll possess. He certainly won't have the respect of other fundy preachers (Two Words: Ted Faggard), if he ever had any. He's a convicted liar, so nobody'll ever listen to him anymore. And with his criminal record & notoriety, no bank manager will even give him the time of day, never mind a loan.

$250,000? He'll be lucky to walk out of jail with $25. And an intact arsehole. Keep dropping the soap, Kentypoos!

Nylon eating Bacteria? Lucy? The Lenski Experiment? That AIDS resistance mutation in Europe? Archeopteryx? Tiktaalik? The Miller And Urey Experiment? THE ENTIRE FUCKING FOSSIL RECORD?
Why is the origins debate still going on?
Because you can't win against someone who ignores your arguments. Being stuck up twits helps them avoid the defeats they deserve, too.

We all know the Scientific Method.
This is the Fundamentalist Method:
1 Find and read a 2000 year old book of fairy tales, and accept everything written in it as fact without question.
2 Assemble a list of facts that contradict the book.
3 Find someone who recognizes that those facts are, y'know, FACTS, and assert that you're right and they're wrong.
4 Assert more strongly that you're right and they're wrong.
5 As soon as they present you with proof that they're right, stick socks in your ears and recite Biblical passages as you back out of the room.
6 Once you have left, continue to assert that you're write and everyone else is wrong.

...he is now. And not just financially - if he has any non-IRS seized ass-ets left when he gets out in 2015 - neither, post-Schaftafly pwnage going viral* on the blogosphere, as a result of Andy's own insane attempt at last-wordism.

Mr. Hovind's offer was modeled after one promoted by James Randi for proof of the supernatural or psychic phenomenon. The difference is that Randi's foundation has the money on account, and its existence is independently verifiable. Mr. Hovind refuses to do this, insisting that his word that the money exists is good enough.